Repository on CIFS

Koen Vermeer koen at vermeer.tv
Sun Nov 24 08:31:27 CST 2013


On 11/24/2013 01:55 PM, Augie Fackler wrote:
> On 11/23/2013 09:08 PM, Koen Vermeer wrote:
>>> However, I was trying to store them on a CIFS mount. I've only done some quick tests, but I ran into a problem: It seems that when folders need to be created, it fails. Repeating the same operation (sometimes a few times) works. I was wondering if I'm just missing some detail, or that this setup is not expected to work.
> So, as Martin eluded to, you should be okay if you can ensure only one person is ever concurrently writing to any given repository on the CIFS share.
>
> Could you run a web server and use an http-based sharing scheme with hgweb? I know there's a way to run hgweb inside IIS, although that's where my knowledge ends.
I am running hgweb with nginx and I can ensure that only hgweb has 
access to the share. Therefore, I'm not worried about the consistency of 
the repository. But I still have this issue that it fails when 
directories need to be created.

Best,
Koen



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